For some time I’ve been trying to choose between the Oculus and the Pimax. Finally I chose the Oculus because it is supposed to have less software and driver problems. But it is going back to Amazon after the week-end.
I have a large head and wear glasses. I have a bit of myopia, I don’t need glasses to watch a computer screen up to 1m, but the TV at 2.5m+ is becoming blurry. I thought I wouldn’t need glasses to watch the headset’s LCD a few centimeters away but I do, probably because of the headset lenses. Anyway, it is nearly impossible for me to wear my glasses inside the headset (normal narrow glasses, nothing Elton John-esque). My glasses touch or nearly touch the lenses, and press on my eyes when I put it on and get dirty. And since they are not at the proper distance from the eyes as was designed, it doesn’t help picture sharpness either.
Also, the headset straps do pull back far enough to allow me to properly put on the headset, so I have to squeeze my head inside it while trying not to have the glasses press on my eyes too much. So it is not usable in my case. Who cares about compatibility and stability when you can barely put the thing on?
So I was wondering, is the Pimax larger in size? Do the straps pull back far enough so I wouldn’t need to squeeze my head into a tight opening? Please Santa, let it be yes x2.
My lady wears the pimax with her glasses (has quiet thick lenses and frames), its a squeeze but its pretty comfortable, there is room.
Weirdly I wear contacts but the picture is blury if I use them (or my glasses) with the pimax, but without either its perfect (I have a very common miopia equal in both eyes.)
So yes out can get glasses under a pimax.
I’ve read about people wearing the Rift with glasses too while researching the product. But nobody gives head measurements :). My head around the forehead is 63.5 cm, a bit lower at eye level with glasses on it’s 66 cm.
This may help. Approximate size of opening is 5-5/8 inches wide and 2-3/8 inches high (measured at the center of each lens). So if your glass frames fall inside those dimensions they should fit. It may also depend on your nose shape and your cheeks which would determine how far in your face will go. If your face goes in too far, then the front of your glasses may touch the nose piece.The farther your face goes in, the larger the field of view. Conversely, the less it goes in, the smaller the FOV. My glasses are 5-1/4 inch wide and 1-3/16 high so they fit well in the PIMAX.
That’s helpful. If you measured the Pimax opening as it is, without pressing on the rubber around it (I assume it has some), then its size is strangely identical to the one on the Oculus.
I am not familiar with the - system. My glasses, the narrowest ones I have, are 1 cm wider at the lens level, which would make them 14.5 cm = 5.70 in, then they go a bit wider at the temples at around 15 cm = 5.90 in. If I remove my head carefully, they get stuck inside the Rift which is quite amusing to look at.
So I guess I’ll have the same problems with the Pimax then. Might be worth the hassle tough if image quality is better than the one on the Rift, I feel like I am watching a very low quality kitchen CRT TV. But then again, some people say yes and others say no, but apparently SteamVR does not support 4K resolutions so it will still be like in the Rift, right? At least movies on non-SteamVR players will look better?
@Neofit I can’t say how the image compares to the Rift because I have not seen it yet. I have just recently seen the Vive and the PIMAX is definitely better. The SDE is much less noticeable in the PIMAX. It is very comparable to the image in my Sony Xperia Z5 Premium (it has a 4K screen) when used in a Google Cardboard compatible headset. Movies look better using either a Steam player or a non-Steam one. The PIMAX was too dark before but the beta firmware just released yesterday improves it by adding some brightness increase.
Funny you mentioned this. My first foray into the world of VR was with my Asus Zenfone 2 @1920x1080 and a Google Cardboard. Image quality was very poor, but I chalked it down to the poor lenses in the 2€ cardboard and the Zenfone’s display, not made for this kind of thing. “Imagine how it will look in a proper set made by professionals”, thought I. Er, no. The Oculus, for 700€, adds an xbox controller to change all settings on the fly, and makes it harder to put the headset with glasses on, but the change in image quality is barely noticeable.
Anyways, I’ll try and get fit for lenses, I’ll be seeing a doctor for that in two weeks. I don’t know why it took me so many days to remember that there is an alternative to glasses.
@Neofit Sorry, but I got so carried away with giving you the measurements of the opening that I neglected to mention that I found I could not use the PIMAX with my glasses on. I’m nearsighted and the image was too out of focus with my glasses on. Your situation might be different but beware.
I have found that, so far, nothing beats the image quality of my Xperia Z5 Premium in a Google Cardboard compatible headset (I use the Virtoba which has IPD and Focus adjustments and good quality lenses). The resolution looks the same as in the PIMAX but the screen is much brighter and there is no persistence when moving my head. It really shows the potential of a 4K screen. I think the ultimate will be 4K per eye.